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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 08:11 PM
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Question about 6.5 inch speakers

Ok, how good would this sound... Pioneer 4x6 (2 way) in the front Pioneer 6x9 (3 way) in the sail panels, and 6.5" (2 way) in the rear's.. no sub.. The rears would be Pioneer TS-D160R 6.5" REV 2-Way Speaker 30Hz -32kHz response
The amps driving them would be Pioneer GM-X374 for the main four, and the Pioneer GM-X372 for the rear
Thoughts on this?? Thanks
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 09:11 PM
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It would sound like your at a concert, staring at the concession stands.

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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 09:14 PM
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If your talking about putting the 6.5" speakers where most people have there subs i know its a horrible idea. Mid and High range frequencies are very distinguishable, as to where they are coming from. For a "good sounding" stereo you would like to have your stereo sounding like its a band playing right in the middle of your dash, for further towords the front of the car, not in the hatch area. I dont even have the rear 6x9s hooked up in my car for that purpose. Save the money and get a sub.
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 11:18 PM
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umm.. you do have a point.. does anyone know how good the bose systems sounded .. they couldn't have been that bad.. actually a single sub would be cheaper.. I just didn't want to loose to much space back there.. and I thought mounting the speakers in the locking storage lid would be a wise use of the space there. But I know you don't want to mount any subs in that location..
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 11:33 PM
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i have the setup only in premier....well actually i have the 2 ways in the dash and 4 way in the sail with the 6's in custom kicks up front....

i think the dash is pretty much useless unless you go with component and it's still usless....the kickpannels make things work alot better. the premiers sound better then the pioneer versions though so it may be different...

regardless i'd pass on the dash ones.
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 11:34 PM
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A friend of mine has the BOSE gold in his 90 Iroc. Pretty impressive for a stock stereo. Bounces the rearveiw mirror on some songs. Sounds pretty clean for the most part.
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 11:36 PM
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well I think the 4x6's in the front sound pretty good.. I don't need a super high end sound system.. One other thing I was wondering.. if running 6x9's in the rear was bad.. why are pretty much in that area on the 4th gen camaro's?
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 11:38 PM
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Thanks irocet305.. Oh ya.. thats one other thing I'll be running the factory CD deck anyways.. but didn't want to have it drive speakers.. I think I can achieve a cleaner sounding system using the extrnal amps..
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Old Jan 30, 2004 | 12:17 AM
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One other thing I was wondering.. if running 6x9's in the rear was bad.. why are pretty much in that area on the 4th gen camaro's?
If you are wondering why they put 6x9s in the back in the 4th gens.....its cheap and effective. same reason they dont use any good components in any stock car, ever.
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Old Jan 30, 2004 | 08:18 AM
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I was not refering to the fact if it was cheap.. but did it sound decent..
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Old Jan 30, 2004 | 09:27 AM
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4th gens dont have 6x9s in the rear.
they have 6.5s.

those revs sound very good for the price, but 4x6's are a joke.


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Old Jan 30, 2004 | 04:39 PM
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ok, enough about the 4x6's .. they do not sound bad to me.. I'm happy with them.. I'm also happy with my 3 way 6x9's in the sail panels.. I was only wanting to know more about adding speakers for the back.. If the majority figure having a more fuller range coming from the very back is not such a good idea.. and having mainly the bass coming from the back is a better idea.. than I guess thats what I might need to look into.. I just thought if the sound was properly balanced between the front and the back it would sound fine..
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